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The

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“A dynamic innovative school always moving forward”.

Issue 9/2019 20 June 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER

TERM 2

21.06.19 Winter PSSA Sport Round 6

24.06.19 Athletics Carnival – Warm Up Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

25.06.19 11.45am – 12.45pm – Parent Resource Group – Lidbury Hall 6.00pm – Mr Lewis talking with parents at Oz Education Pre-School

26.06.19 STEM Workshops for KW, KC, KB, K-6E, K-6S, KD & KK. 10.00am – The Fiji Project meeting

27.06.19 8.30am – Breakfast Club Dance2bfit classes – 2C, 2B, 1-2T, 5B, 3-6R, 6A, 5K, 6F, 6H, 6Q & 5G.

28.06.19 Winter PSSA Sport Round 7

1.07.19 9am-11am Playtime – Lidbury Hall STEM Workshops for 2L, 2F, 2M & KQ. Bulldogs Knockout – The Crest, Bass Hill (Junior and Senior teams)

2.07.19 11.45am – 12.45pm – Parent Resource Group – Lidbury Hall PSSA Rugby Union Gala Day Knockout at Endeavour Reserve, Fairfield 11.50am – Stage 2 Spelling Bee finals - Hall

3.07.19 STEM Workshops for KW, KC, KB, K-6E, K-6S, KD & KK. * Main Parent/Teacher Interview Evening (Interviews will be happening all week)

4.07.19 8.30am – Breakfast Club Dance2bfit classes – 2C, 2B, 1-2T, 5B, 3-6R, 6A, 5K, 6F, 6H, 6Q & 5G.

5.07.19 Green Event – Disco – 3-6 10-11am, K-2 11.50-12.50pm Winter PSSA Sport Round 8 Final Day of Term 2

Term 3 22.07.19 Staff Development Day

Term 3 23.07.19 First day back for all students (Tuesday)

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Reports and Interviews Teachers are nearing the end of the reporting process for Semester 1, and of course, we will then enter into the interviews phase of this process. Reports are due into me now from the classroom teachers and assistant principals, and all going well, will be given to

you at your week 10 parent / teacher interview, most likely on Wednesday 3 July as our main interview night, in a large, white A4 envelope. The reports contain lots of information about your child’s performance so far, and what they could do to improve their work before the end of the year. The absences will reflect the

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number of whole school days your child was away over the first two terms up to Friday 14 June. It is important to remind you that interviews are of a 10-minute duration. Please try not to go over this time as there will be other parents waiting, and being winter, this may not be the most pleasant of experiences. If you do not feel you can cover everything in the 10 minutes, you are encouraged to set another mutually convenient time to discuss your child’s report with your teacher. As in keeping with past years, most gates around the school will be closed, with the exception of the gate at Mills Street, with the car park outside, and the gate on Doodson Avenue near the hall. This is done to protect parents and teachers alike, as I do not want strangers wandering throughout the school. Please ensure that you plan for this. Following is some information for our new parents, particularly for our Kindergarten parents, about why the reports were changed and how we implemented some aspects of reporting to suit our school structure. Many parent meetings were held way back in 2006 to discuss these issues. BACKGROUND BEHIND THESE REPORTS The NSW Government introduced a new student report card in 2006. Schools were required to use this report by the end of that year. Student achievement was to be reported using grades from A–E for Years 1 –6. We fought for, and gained, descriptors instead of the A to E grades, as outlined below. Teacher comments were also to be included for every Key Learning Area. Why did we need new reports? The Government said that parents wanted reports that were easier to understand and clearly stated their child’s achievements. Professor Eltis, in his review of teacher workload, recommended more consistent reports so each school was not “reinventing the wheel”. Do our reports meet the Federal and State Government’s requirements for reporting to parents? Yes, our reports meet requirements for:

using plain language

reporting twice yearly

including academic and non academic learning and

reporting in descriptors/grades, representing A to E.

Will effort of children be reported?

Work habits were to be reported but there was no scope for effort included in the new reporting software. We, as a school, decided that we would include a scale that recognises effort in the classroom. What do the grades mean? A – Outstanding B – High C – Sound D – Basic E – Limited How does this compare with old reporting? The “Sound” grade is equivalent to our old “Achieved” standard. This is the expected standard. The other grades are about the quality of learning. We have worked out how we award these grades based on the consistency of our teachers’ judgements. “Prime 2” Award. The cut-off date for the “Prime 2” award for diligence and attendance (for the reports) was 14 June (last Friday). In earlier newsletters, the rule we stated to parents was quite clear:- "We have decided that eligibility for a bonus “Prime 2” award each semester (terms 1 & 2 this time around), is dependent upon behaviour and attitude at school (first and foremost) and attendance. Only students who have not received a slip all semester and have been away from school for 5 days or less on a holiday (not based on sickness or visiting a sick relative), will receive a “Prime 2” award. So if your family decides to take a holiday during the school term (and not in the normal school holidays), your child will not have fulfilled this criteria for a “Prime 2” award." We are speaking about holidays taken during school time - not sickness - a child cannot be held responsible for getting a virus. However, if a child has taken more than 5 days leave (on a holiday or unexplained absences); they will NOT be eligible for a “Prime 2” award. Remember this doesn't include sickness (explained), representative sport or partial absences. It is incumbent upon parents to ensure their overseas trips are taken in the school holidays wherever possible, and to, of course, ensure that notes explaining absences are sent in to the classroom teacher. Also, those parents who now apply for leave to go overseas with the children during school time after our cut-off date, will accrue the days on leave for semester 2’s “Prime 2” award.

Reports – a very important document Your child’s report, half yearly or yearly, are very important documents. The time and effort our staff put into this resource for you to see how your child is faring at school, is phenomenal. That’s why when I hear that parents have lost them or they require another copy of them because they can’t find the report, I get a little annoyed. Please ensure that your reports are kept in a safe place where you can regularly go back to see how much your child has progressed in their time at the school.

Immunisation A review of our system has revealed an alarming amount of students with incomplete details regards their immunisation. Usually, it is something we discuss at the Kindergarten enrolment stage and it is something that parents usually forget to bring along to those interviews, and then forget to bring it in at all, despite being reminded to do so. To complete these details, could you please provide us with a copy of your child’s immunisation record if you receive a note to say it’s missing from your child’s records. If your child isn’t immunised, that’s not a problem, but we need to know this as well, particularly if there is an outbreak of chicken pox or measles etc.

Premier’s Sporting Challenge The Challenge includes a range of initiatives with one common purpose - to have more students, more active, more of the time! The Premier's Sporting Challenge aims to engage young people in sport and physical activity and encourages them to lead healthy, active lifestyles. Sport plays an important role in developing regular physical activity, provides positive health outcomes and is a fun and healthy way to connect with your local community. We invite students to take up the Challenge - and take the path to a healthier life. Students can strive for the Bronze Award (210 minutes a week or 30 minutes a day), Silver Award (315 minutes a week or 45 minutes a day), Gold Award (420 minutes a week or 60 minutes a day) and Diamond Award (560 minutes a week or 80 minutes a day). Students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 only have to colour in a picture to register that they had been physically active for the day. For our school, we have started to collect how many minutes we have been active for (inside and outside of school) from Week 7 of this term. We hope to replicate the success of last year by attaining a DIAMOND AWARD again. Even the staff will be participating in the staff challenge – we will let you know the details of our end of year event very soon! (More details later). Get out there boys and girls and get active!

School Athletics Carnival – Monday 24 June This is one of my favourite days in the school calendar, as we will have every student in attendance down at the track being physically active and we always have plenty of community support on the day as well, which makes it a very special event. Miss Davies, Mr Gan and Miss L Nguyen are our organisers this year and will no doubt have a well planned event in store for us on the 24th June. If you can assist in any way, let the above teachers know that you are available. Parking will be available in P4, P7 and P3 (these are the closest to the Warm Up Arena). Staff will be available in the arena to validate your parking pickets so it costs $10 instead of $25.

Platinum Awards Being Green suggests that your child is behaving very well and is doing what our teachers expect of them in the classroom and the playground. These awards in its current format have been running for over 3 years now. There were no Week 7 recipients. Our Week 8 recipients are:- Leo Lee (4L), Carvelina Phin (6H), Alex Doherty (6Q) and Wendy Chen (6Q). Special mentions to Carvelina, Alex and Wendy for receiving their 2nd Platinum Award. Well done students !

Sydney West PSSA Rugby success !! I’m pleased to announce that at last week’s Sydney West PSSA Rugby trials, two of our players played outstandingly well to make the side, Leo Farr and Billy Soliola. The side will have a number of training sessions before their week long tournament in week 6 of next term at Coffs Harbour. It is well worth mentioning too that our other 3 triallists (Elizabeth Soliola, Xavier Atkins and Hamiora Te Hira Robinson) all tried very hard and some were very close to making it as well.

Whilst on the subject of representative sport, Billy and Leo are also currently up in the Hunter region, playing in the NSWPSSA State 11 years Rugby League Championships. So far, their Sydney West team has won its opening two games with wins over Hunter 26-6 and Sydney North 12-8 on Tuesday, and yesterday won their 3 games over North Coast 28-0, over South Coast 24-4 and over Western 22-10. Today (Thursday), they have won their semi final against Sydney East 34-0 and will now play Sydney South West in the final. Both boys are playing exceptional football. What a fantastic team they are a part of. Also, I have ratified with the P&C Committee and the school Executive team, that monetary support for students who represent our school, region and state will be as follows: $100 Rep SWPSSA (NSW Championships in Sydney – up from $50) $300 Rep SWPSSA (NSW Championships in the country – up from $100) $400 Rep NSWPSSA (National Championships in NSW – up from $150) $600 Rep NSWPSSA (National Championships interstate – up from $200) This way, we can properly support families with higher costs of flights, accommodation and food whilst they are away representing our school in sport.

School Uniforms The parent community of Lidcombe Public School has determined that all students attending Lidcombe PS should wear school uniform. The principal and school staff fully support and endorse this decision and encourage all students to comply with this expectation. All students are expected to exhibit good grooming and personal cleanliness. Offensive slogans on clothing or belongings will not be permitted. At the end of 2011, we officially took over control of the Uniform Shop from Lowes and now parents can buy the uniform from our school. It is located at Lidbury Hall (near Blocks A and C) and you can visit the Uniform Shop on Wednesdays 8.30 to 9.15am or on Friday afternoons 2.30 – 3.15pm. Now that winter has arrived, it is important that the school uniform is still worn. I understand that it is colder and other jackets might start to appear. That is fine, as long as your child is wearing the school jacket or school jumper underneath, not just the colourful jacket on top of the polo shirt. There have been some other ‘variations’ of uniform as well. Black jumpers are creeping in – no, black long tights underneath shorts – no, wear long grey pants if you are cold, beanies – no, wear the school hat. If I continue to see these items of clothing that aren’t school uniforms, I will be contacting parents directly. Please ensure the students are in the correct uniform. I would like to focus on the wearing of our school hat and black school shoes. There seems to be a quite a few students who tend to wear any hat to school, and when I look out over the school population at a morning assembly, it doesn’t look good. With the

wearing of black school shoes, these can be black sneakers also, whichever of the two they are more comfortable in, but they must be black.

Just a reminder The earliest time students should arrive at school is 8.30am. Any earlier than this means that I can’t guarantee their safety as a teacher will not be on the playground to supervise students until 8.30am. Please ensure your children arrive no earlier than 8.30am for their safety’s sake. We are still using the entrance near the basketball court as our main entrance, until a pool fence is installed at our usual main gate. Until then, please refrain from pressing the bell to be let into that gate. We will let you know when we will use that gate as the main entry soon.

Multicultural Public Speaking – District Finals Well done to our fabulous representatives at the District Multicultural Public Speaking competition earlier this week. Alexis Richards and Zara T were first in the Years 3 & 4 competition and presented fantastic prepared speeches. In fact, all the prepared speeches from all competitiors were fantastic, according to Mr. Richards who escorted to the students to the finals. Alexis received a highly commended award, whilst Zara performed very well and finished just out of the placings. Mrs Rennie escorted the students in Stage 3 to their district final where Jackson Rennie and Shalona Acharya were again dominant. Our students were excellently prepared with amazing speeches and were able to think on their feet with their nimble minds to present wonderful impromptu speeches. In the end, in a tremendous display of strength by our school, Shalona was deemed the winner of the district finals , whilst Jackson was awarded with a Highly Commended certificate. We are so very proud of them all because they were all outstanding – well done students – so hard to stand up there and deliver speeches but you were amazing!

Shalona will now represent our school and district in the Regional Multicultural Public Speaking competition to be held in August (date TBC). It would be remiss of me not to thank our teachers for all the hard work they have put into public speaking to turn what was a weakness back in 2011 into an unbelievable strength in 2019. Also, I’d like to thank those teachers who have co-ordinated these events over the years to provide the focus and great technique associated with public speaking. As well, I would like to thank Mr Richards and Mrs Rennie, who gave up their day to escort the students to and from the event.

Anaphylaxis As a reminder, we have a few children who have an extreme allergic reaction (which can be life threatening) to peanuts and other nuts. This means that this child cannot come into contact with other people who have eaten nut products (eg. Nutella, peanut butter, any types of nuts or any foods that contain nuts or nut products). I realise that the school can never really be nut free, but I’m sure that all parents can be very vigilant about this problem and not send their children to school with anything that contains nuts, including home made birthday cakes, lollies etc. This way, we will become nut-aware. It is a challenge for us at school as well as our community, but I am confident that everyone will pull together to make our school a safe place for every child. Whilst on the subject of medical issues, if your child(ren) have contracted a virus or sickness of some sort (eg. measles, chicken pox, mumps etc), the office needs to know straight away. We have a child in the maintenance phase of cancer treatment plus children who haven’t been immunised, meaning these children’s immune system would be at a very low level where illnesses like this could have a major effect. Please ensure you let us know straight away !!!

Dark Sky Superstars! These superstars below, Ethan, Nicholas, Yagin and Ashley for 6Q, have put together an amazing presentation on Light Pollution that prevents us from seeing the night sky. It was a very engaging presentation which they were responsible for choosing, creating it using a great site called ‘Moovly’. They have also created a Light Pollution policy for Cumberland Council to have a look at and hopefully adopt. I learnt something from this as well, and as part of an outside lighting upgrade in our school, I will ensure the lights are pointing towards the ground and are on sensors to reduce light pollution. What a fantastic project. Please join us on Friday 28 June at 9am to view this and many more items from our Stage 3 Dark Sky Project Based Learning Unit.

Staff Development Day – Monday 22 July Of course, the first day back next term for the students is Tuesday 23 July, but the day before that, our staff and I do some professional learning. On the agenda for next term’s Staff Development Day is: *FFL (Future Focused Learning), STEM, Quality Teaching, the Dark Sky Project Based Learning Unit and LISC (Learning Intentions, Success Criteria). Our staff are always on a course of self improvement and they will stand to get a lot of our Staff

Development Days. What really impresses me about our staff is their passion, thirst and respect they all give to professional learning, realising that whatever they learn will have a direct impact on our students. What a staff!

High absences - last day of Term 2 2018 Last year at this time, it was noticed by myself and a lot of teachers, that there were a lot of students away on the last day of term 2. Fair enough if your child was sick but did you know, that because it was the last day of term and was followed by holidays, parents need to produce a medical certificate for that absence?? If your child wasn’t sick, please don’t make this type of thing a habit, or even letting your children have a day off on their birthday – every day at school is important and every day something new is learnt – don’t deny your child these opportunities. The picture below explains the detrimental effect of not sending your child to school regularly. Make a positive decision for your child’s future and send them to school every day. It is the law to be at school every day (unless there is a reasonable excuse) from the time a child turns 6 years old.

I would also like to bring up a situation that is fast becoming out of hand. Many parents of late, have been applying for Exemption from Absence. This means that if you have a very, very, very good reason for going overseas, I can approve the leave and the absences might not count against your child. Most of the time, the reason you provide isn’t good enough (according to the Department of Education) and I cannot approve the exemption. This doesn’t mean you can’t go – parents make that decision – all it means is that the absences accrued by your trip will be marked as unreasonable excuse for being away from school (A) and the absences will count. Lately, parents have been applying for big blocks of leave – most between 30 and 40 days, one or two have

been for over 50 days. For your knowledge, an absence from school for over 50 days means that your child will be de-registered at the school. That is a Department of Education rule that we must follow. When you come back from your trip, sure, you can re-enrol your child, however, if you live outside the school’s drawing area, you will have to apply as an “Out of Area Student”, and with numbers increasing rapidly, the answer could very well be no. Please think very carefully as to why your child is missing school and if you are taking a trip overseas, how long your child will be absent from school and how much learning they will missing. We strongly recommend against taking long trips.

Parking around the school Unfortunately, I must stress this particular point again. The car parking around the school is at an absolute premium, I get that, really I do. But that doesn’t excuse anyone out there being unsafe in their cars. Quite a few parents have been seen parking in our grounds or behaving in an unsafe manner outside the school, (mostly parents that know the rules!) , double parking, speeding, letting children out of the right hand side of the car, mainly down near Mills St East and Gillivers Lane – you are seriously compromising the safety of the students ! People have even been seen to let children out of the car whilst on the pedestrian crossing ! With parking rangers coming out just about everyday, that could actually end up being a very expensive mistake! Please ensure you drop your child(ren) off outside the school in a safe manner or walk you children to and from school using the pedestrian access points, not through the car park. Other parents have now complained about our parents double parking in Doodson Ave and Mills St., or even parking over resident’s driveways. What is happening is extremely dangerous and stupid, with students getting out of cars from the wrong side of the car into oncoming traffic. Please do not double park to let your children out. It is against the law and I have no problem contacting the authorities and giving them your license plate number if you are doing the wrong thing out there. We now have a dedicated police officer appointed to oversee this situation, so if you are doing the wrong thing, you will be fined ! I would really appreciate your assistance in this matter.

School Interviews For the half yearly Parent/Teacher Interviews, we will be employing the same technology used last year, through the School Interview website, to arrange our interview bookings. The website is very simple to use

and you will be able to book school interviews for the times that suit you. When we are ready to go, we will provide you with a code that you will simply enter the event in and press "Go". The website will then guide you through three simple steps, and moments later you'll get an email confirming your bookings.

SEU Café On Wednesday of this week, 3/6R, K/6S and K/6E ran an SEU Café where popcorn, pasta, cupcakes, hot chocolate and pancakes were all made (using allergen free products) and sold by our special education children. They made all the advertising signs too ! We opened up the Café to Year 2, 3 and 4 students and it was a massive hit. As you can see from the pictures below, they raised $580.75, which they will put towards further cooking programs. Great job SEU students, teachers and teacher’s aides !

Newsletter If parents wish to have the newsletter emailed to them directly please fill out the form below. Electronic distribution is a much better method of communication with families as it allows the school community to enjoy great images of students in full colour without the environmental impact of substantial paper usage. We hope many of our families take up this option in the

future. Thank you for taking up this option and saving just that little bit more of our environment.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NEWSLETTER

My email address has changed, please update the school records. Name of Child: ____________________ Class: ______________ Name of Parents: ___________________ Email address:-__________________________ Please hand in to Mrs Rush in the office as soon as possible.

Principal

SCHOOL TIMES

Students MUST NOT arrive at school before 8:30 am and must leave promptly at 3:00 pm Parents are reminded that school supervision exists between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm. A Before and After School Care facility is provided on the school site for parents needing child minding. Contact 0401680686 after school hours for further details.

Leaving students unsupervised on school grounds has legal implications for both the school and parents.

Access to the school is only possible via the pedestrian gate near the sandpit (Mills Street) during school hours. All visitors must report to the school office. Unauthorised persons on school premises are considered to be trespassing and will be reported to the police.

SMOKING IS PROHIBITED ON SCHOOL PREMISES

Just a reminder that Book Club orders are due by Monday, 24 June 2019.

Did you know???

For the safety of all students, toddlers, babies and adults, please do not bring dogs into the school grounds, even on leashes. Some children have a genuine fear and it can be quite distressing for them as well as for parents, particularly those with very young children. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Under the Companion Animals Act

1998 No 87 (14.1.e), dogs are

prohibited in school grounds,

(whether or not they are leashed

or otherwise controlled).

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ORDERS

60 SECONDS WITH MR. LEWIS

This newsletter, Shaun Gatmaitan from K Quokka is our focus for 60 seconds with Mr. Lewis.

Name: Shaun Gatmaitan

Class: K Quokka

What games do you play ? Hello neighbour and It’s Granny (iPhone games)

What would you like to be when you grow up ? A policeman.

Best piece of advice you have ever received ? Be a good boy.

Favourite thing to do ? I like to dance.

Favourite school subject ? Maths.

Favourite colour and number ? Orange and 6.

Is there any one thing you can’t do without ? Playgrounds.

What’s your favourite school moment ? When we made the rainbow

sticks in class!

Thanks for spending 60 seconds with Mr. Lewis, Shaun !

Week 6 – Friday 7 June Boys League Tag Jnrs: Won 5-3 MVP: Marcus Thai Snrs: Lost 4-6 MVP: Ethan Symes

Girls Soccer Jnrs: Won on forfeit Snrs: Won 2-0 MVP: Ruqaiya

Kowaider

Boys Soccer Jnrs: Won 4-1 MVP: Zacariah Tuameh Snrs: Won 2-1 MVP: Hamza Kilic Newcombeball Jnrs: Won 2-0 MVP: Sienne Cornes Snrs: Won 2-0 MVP: Antonio Yang Netball: Jnrs: Lost 5-7 MVP: Ana Tonga Snrs: Lost 5-9 MVP: Amy Lee Week 7 – Friday 14 June Girls League Tag Jnrs: Lost 3-9 MVP: Ruqayah Nahle Snrs: Won 8-2 MVP: Lily Ivanac Boys League Tag Jnrs: Won 8-3 MVP: Tai Soliola Snrs: Won 7-4 MVP: Imad Majzoub

Girls Soccer Jnrs: won 6-0 MVP: Alexis Richards Snrs: Won 4-0 MVP: Souad

Kalassina Boys Soccer Jnrs: Won 5-3 MVP: Ethan Singh Snrs: Won 6-2 MVP: Alex Doherty Newcombeball Jnrs: Won 2-0 MVP: Zane Goncalves Snrs: Won 3-0 MVP: Nadia Gabr Netball: Jnrs: Won 8-1 MVP: Hidy Chen Snrs: Lost 5-17 MVP: Shalona Acharya

PSSA RESULTS

Girls League Tag – all games will be played at Webbs Avenue 21 June – LPS v Granville East 28 June – LPS v Auburn West Boys League Tag – all games will be played at Webbs Avenue 21 June – LPS v Rosehill 28 June – LPS v Auburn West Girls Soccer: 21 June – LPS v Rosehill at Robin Thomas Reserve 28 June – LPS v Auburn West at Progress Park Boys Soccer: 21 June – LPS v Granville at Phillips Park 28 June – LPS v Blaxcell Street at Ray Marshall Reserve Newcombeball: 21 June – LPS v Granville at LPS 28 June – LPS v Blaxcell Street at Blaxcell Street PS Netball: 21 June – LPS v Blaxcell Street at LPS 28 June – LPS v Geanville East at Colquhoun Park

TUESDAY MORNING 25 JUNE

8.30AM – 9AM

UNDER THE STAGE 3 / KINDY COLA

JACKETS - $5.00

ALL OTHER STOCK - $3.00

NEW HATS - $15.00

PSSA DRAW - Weeks 8 and 9 – 21 June and 28 June

SECOND HAND UNIFORMS SALE

So far we have 54,000 points and our target is 80,000 – can we do it in the last week – LETS SEE HOW WE GO!

We’re always on the lookout for more helpers for the Uniform Shop and our School Banking Program. If you are interested in finding out more, please see Julie or Sonia in the office or talk to the ladies in the Uniform Shop on a Wednesday morning or Friday afternoon or see the Banking Ladies in the staffroom on a Wednesday morning.

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN

UNIFORM SHOP / SCHOOL BANKING HELPERS

Shalona Acharya, Tora Bird, Jackson Rennie and Carvelina Phin represented Lidcombe Public School at our debate

against Regents Park Public School on 29 May. The students showed amazing manners and great sportsmanship to

win the debate and we are super proud.

DEBATING – LIDCOMBE PS v REGENTS PARK PS

Parent-teacher interviews give you a great opportunity to:

learn more about your child’s academic, emotional and social development meet and get to know your child’s teachers help your child’s teachers understand more about your child make plans with the teacher about how you can both support your child build a relationship with your child’s school.

To get the most out of parent-teacher interviews, it helps to be well prepared. It can help to take a list of questions and information with you to interviews so you remember what you want to talk about. The interview time tends to pass quickly.

If you’re not sure what to talk about, here are some questions to get you started:

What are my child’s interests and strengths? What does my child struggle with? How much homework should my child be doing every night? What can I do at home to help my child with schoolwork? What can you tell me about my child’s behaviour in class? How is my child getting along with other students? What support services are available for my child at this school?

If you don’t get through everything you want to discuss, you might need to arrange another meeting with your child’s teacher.

To read the full article go to https://raisingchildren.net.au/school-age/school-learning/working-with-schools-teachers/parent-teacher-interviews-primary

Thanks to all those who raised funds for our Cross Country Fun Run. We have entered all the prizes and we are just waiting on confirmation of a couple of orders and they will be sent off early next week, all being well. Hopefully, prizes will be handed out before the end of term

Congratulations to the following students who were our top 3 fundraisers this year: Nisanur Olgen Stephani Chow Shaun Gatmaitan

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

FUN RUN PRIZES

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Breakfast Club has been busy as always and we love to see so many children taking advantage of our free breakfast every Thursday. Eating a nutritious breakfast is important for everyone – but especially for children. Eating a healthy breakfast sets the tone for the rest of the day with good eating habits and it can provide up to a third of their daily nutrient needs. It also improves your childs’ concentration, so their teachers will thank you too! We are always happy to accept donations of food items to help counteract the cost to the P & C. Items such as these are always welcome. They can be dropped off at the office or delivered to Breakfast Club on a Thursday morning.

Next Thursday, 27 June representatives of the Commonwealth Bank will be coming along to provide breakfast and help out so come along and say hi!

BREAKFAST CLUB